Tori opened the door to her house. "So," she said, "this is my house." She walked through the front door. "Do you want to come in?"

Cat and Haley followed her inside. At the door, Beck called to Jade, who was standing by his car. "Jade, babe, are you coming in?"

"Are you kidding?" she asked. "No way. I'm not going anywhere near Vega on my own time."

"Suit yourself." Beck walked through the door. He handed Haley's backpack to Tori. "Remember, she has all the food she should need in there. She's easily entertained by television and games, so if you need to distract her, it should be simple." He pulled a list out of his pocket full of words. "And these are some words that have certain effects on her behavior; make sure not to say any of them on the 'sad face' side, or she'll throw a temper tantrum. Oh, and she probably won't talk much, so you have to ask her if she's hungry or needs to use the bathroom… probably every hour should be good. And she enjoys singing."

Tori was nervous. She knew this would be a challenge, but so many rules seemed overwhelming to her. Perhaps Cat can handle this better, she thought."Hey, Cat, did you catch all that?"

Cat was staring at the ground, but she looked at Tori. "Catch what? Are we playing dodgeball again? I hate dodgeball. There's no singing in dodgeball."

Tori sighed as she realized that babysitting with Cat was practically babysitting alone.

"Don't worry, Tori," Beck said. "You'll be fine. I'll leave my PearPad here, in case she wants to play, and, trust me, she's going to want to play." He put his PearPad on Tori's kitchen table and headed for the door. "I'll see you when I get back, Haley, okay?"

Haley ran to Beck and clung to him, as if to say, "Don't go."

Beck pushed her away. "Sweetheart, I know you want me to stay, but I have to go. You'll be fine, okay?"

She let go of him and nodded.

Beck walked out of Tori's house and closed the door.

As he did, Trina walked down the stairs. "Hey, Tori, who's your little friend?" she asked. "And emphasis on little. How old is she, like, five?"

"Ha, how funny," Tori responded. "She's Beck's sister, Haley."

"Beck's sister?!" Trina ran to Haley. "Do you know if he's single, or about to break up with his girlfriend because… I am available, surprisingly enough."

Tori put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "It's not happening, Trina. And besides, even if you actually had a chance, she can't really talk to you."

"Why?" Trina asked. "Is she stupid or something?"

Haley screamed and sat down in a fetal position.

Tori began to panic. She looked for the list Beck had given her. "Cat, do you know where the list is?"

Cat laughed. "Oh, yeah! I accidentally threw it into your sink, so I turned the garbage disposal on. It got shredded and made a cool sound!"

"Cat," Tori sighed, "why would you turn the garbage disposal on if you dropped a paper in there? Firstly, you don't know what it could do to the sink itself, and we NEED that list!"

Cat sobbed. "I didn't know!"

Beck walked through the door. "Thirty seconds, that's got to be a new record." He knelt down next to Haley. He put his arm around her and whispered, "Go to your happy place. Happy place…"

Haley closed her eyes and remembered when she and Beck visited a field of roses spreading acres in any direction.

Haley smelled the roses by her feet. "Pretty," she whispered as she tried to reach for one.

"Don't touch that," Beck said. "They have thorns that could hurt you. Let me do it for you." He carefully picked a rose for her and put it neatly into her hands. "Okay?"

She faintly smiled as she smelled her rose and leaned on her brother's shoulder.

Haley took a deep breath.

Beck smiled. "So, are you okay?"

She nodded.

Beck looked at Tori. "Are you sure you'll be okay?"

Tori put on her most convincing smile and said, "Of course…"

Beck stood up. "Alright, but call me if things get out of control." He walked out the door.

Tori sighed and continued, "…not."